Two years after accusations of racism nearly tore down her empire, Paula Deen appears to have learned exactly nothing.
Tuesday morning, the deep-fried dogmatist posted a #TransformationTuesday photo on Twitter, featuring herself as I Love Lucy's
Lucy, her former producer Gordon Elliott, and her son Bobby Deen — in
brownface — as Ricky. The tweet, which read "Lucyyyyyyy! You got a lot
of esplainin' to do! #Transformation Tuesday @BobbyDeen," has since been
deleted, but not before it was saved, well, everywhere. (For the
record, the photo itself is not a new one: it's actually from the 2011
Halloween episode of her Food Network show, Paula's Best Dishes. Then again, it was no less racist then.)
In 2013, Deen lost nearly all of her business relationships after a former employee sued her claiming sexual and racial discrimination.
In the suit, an employee claimed Deen had hired black waiters to dress
like "slaves" for a plantation-themed wedding. During the court
proceedings, Deen admitted to having used the n-word on multiple
occasions.
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